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Birthday December 16, 1666

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  Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1666: Source: Wikipedia
  • August 19 » Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
  • September 2 » The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
  • September 3 » The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London.
  • September 4 » In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
  • September 5 » Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
  • November 28 » At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1605 » Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat († 1663)
• 1614 » Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg († 1674)
• 1630 » Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, British botanist († 1715)
• 1714 » George Whitefield, English Anglican priest († 1770)
• 1716 » Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat († 1798)
• 1717 » Elizabeth Carter, English poet and scholar († 1806)